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NATIVEAM 119S

History of American Indian Education

School of Humanities & Sciences

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[ Academia ] Education Law: General

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[ Academia ] as a Relevant Course outside SLS for those interested in Indian Law : If your focus within public interest law includes serving Native American Indians, or your focus is education policy and you want to include the Indian experience, consider this course. It reviews recent history and legislation concerning the education of Native Americans.

General course
Description:

How the federal government placed education at the center of its Indian policy in second half of 19th century, subjecting Native Americans to programs designed to erase native cultures and American Indian responses to those programs. Topics include traditional Indian education, role of religious groups, Meriam Report, Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act, Johnson-O'Malley Act, and public schools.

Course Style: A Substantive/ Perspective course looks at law from an external or non-traditional standpoint.